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comings of age

comings of age is the plural of coming of age.

Meaning of coming of age

Noun

coming of age (usually uncountable, plural comings of age)

  1. (usually) A person's journey from childhood or adolescence to adulthood.
  2. (figuratively, usually) A maturation; a transition from an inchoate state to a developed state.
    • Reasoning of this sort presumes that a significant group in the population has become aware not only of its own existence, but of its rights and power. The riot, I can't help feeling, marks a kind of political coming of age for homosexuals in San Francisco and, vicariously, throughout, the country.1979 June 9, Paul Robinson, “Gays in the Streets”, in The New Republic

Questions about comings of age

What is comings of age the plural of?
Comings of age is the plural of coming of age.

Words near comings of age in the dictionary

  1. comingled
  2. comingles
  3. comingling
  4. comings
  5. comings and goings
  6. comings of age
  7. comings together
  8. comings-out
  9. Comino
  10. COMINT
  11. Comintern

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